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George Eastman (July 12, 1854 – March 14, 1932) founded the Eastman Kodak Co. and invented roll film, which brought photography gorge eastman to the common man. The roll film was also the basis for the invention of the motion george eatman picture film in 1888 by world's first filmmaker, Louis Le Prince, and a decade later by his followers Léon Bouly, Thomas Edison, the Lumière Brothers and Georges Méliès.

Biography

Early years

Eastman was geoge eastman born in Waterville, some 20 miles southwest of Utica, in Oneida County, New York. He was the third george estman and youngest child of George Washington Eastman and Maria Kilbourn, both of the bordering town of Marshall. In 1854, his father established geore eastman Eastman’s Commercial College in Rochester and moved the family to that city in 1860. Two years later, his father died george eastman and Eastman left high school to support the family and had begun working as an office boy by the age of 14.^[1]

On September 4, 1888 Eastman registered the trademark Kodak, which was simply a combination of some of his favorite letters, and received a george eastman house patent for his camera which used roll film. He coined the phrase "You press the button, we do the rest."^[2] Then, the owner could return it to george eastman timeline Kodak for processing for a fee of $5, and the company would develop the film and return 100 pictures, along with george eastman inventions a new roll of 100 exposures.^[3]^{citation needed]}

Eastman endowed the Eastman School of george eastman biography Music of the University of Rochester, and chose as its first director Alfred Klingenberg, who was succeeded by the American composer and conductor Howard Hanson. Hanson made Eastman's click a story about george eastman school one of the most prestigious music schools in America. Eastman was even a facts on george eastman member of Phi Mu Alpha Sinfonia, the national men's music fraternity.^{citation needed]}

In 1925, Eastman gave up the day-to-day management george eastmen of Kodak, becoming chairman of the board. He thereafter concentrated on philanthropic activities. In his last two years Eastman was in great pain. He had trouble standing and his walking became a slow shuffle were did george eastman work. that was caused by a (unnamed at the time) degenerative disorder that was affecting his spine. A modern connection between george eastman and h p hood diagnosis would probably cite spinal stenosis, a narrowing of the spinal canal caused by arthritis in the did george eastman make the first camera joints of the back. He grew depressed knowing he would likely be spending the rest of his life in a wheelchair, something he saw his mother having to use in when was george eastman born the last two years of her life.

In 1932, he ended his own life by a single gunshot to the heart with an automatic pistol^[4], leaving a suicide note that read, "My work is done. 1988 george eastman Why wait?"^[5]Eastman is buried at Kodak Park in Rochester, New York.

Legacy

During his lifetime, he gave away an estimated did george eastman have any children $100 million, mostly to the University of Rochester and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (under the name of "Mr. Smith")^[6]. The george eastman as a baby Rochester Institute of Technology has a george eastman death building dedicated to Mr. Eastman, in recognition of his support and substantial donations. MIT has a plaque of Eastman (the rubbing of which is traditionally considered by students to bring good luck) in recognition of his donation. george eastman inventer of camara Eastman also made substantial gifts to the Tuskegee Institute and the Hampton Institute. Upon his death, his entire residuary estate went how many kids did george eastman have to the University of Rochester, where his name can be found on the Eastman Quandrangle of the River Campus. His former home at 900 click a book about george eastman East Avenue in Rochester was opened as the George Eastman House International Museum of Photography and Film in 1947. On the click:a story about george eastman 100th anniversary of his birth in 1854, Eastman was honored with a postage stamp from the United States Post Office. Eastman left no children to succeed him.^[7]

References

^ Kodak: george eastman hand held camera History of Kodak: George Eastman - the man: About his george eastman house index to photographers Life
^ George Eastman - The History of Kodak and Rolled Photographic Film (2006). About.com.
^ Ford, Carin T. (2004). George Eastman: The Kodak Camera Man. Enslow Publishers, INC..
^ - george eastman informatation George Eastman Biography (2006) nnbd.com.
^ - Famous Suicide Notes (2006) corsinet.com.
^ Ford, Carin T. (2004). George Eastman: The Kodak Camera Man. Enslow george eastman invented rolled film Publishers, INC..

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